Just let it go!

Have you noticed how battles around the world keep going and going? No, not the Middle Eastern wars going on right now...Moors and Christians! I decided I really should eat something so I looked in the cupboard and it was mostly bare. But I did find some of our Singing Pines hand harvested wood parched wild rice, a can of organic black beans,a and a wrinkled old bell pepper. Then I took a trip to my past and whipped up a pot of Moors e Cristianos (I'm probably butchering the spelling). I lived on beans and rice for so many years. First in St. Louis when I was running and needed constant energy, and then in New Orleans where I had red beans and rice every Monday (wash day).

I didn't bother finding a recipe, so I added some Maldon Sea Salt, fresh cracked pepper, a red onion, some bourbon smoked paprika (a recent sample sent by the sorghum company) and Greek Olive Oil. Turned out to be the best thing I've had since Tyler left.

I paired it with a New Mexico table red wine that a friend gave us. It has chocolate in it - how could that be wrong?! It suprisingly wasn't too bad. I'll have some more tonight.